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Old instructions stopped working on Gsplat 1.0.0+. Updated and simplified on 2024-07-09. Now no longer deviates from official installation instructions.
2024-11-03: Microsoft updated the default WSL2 distro to Ubuntu 24.04. One extra command is needed to make it work now.
For native Linux start-to-finish installation instructions, see this document instead.
For context: WSL2 is a Windows built-in way to run Linux applications on Windows, in a tightly integrated virtual machine.
This, in theory, lets you run Linux applications without the complexity and trouble of actually having to run Linux.
In practice, there are still a few caveats, most notably the complex custom CUDA implementation Windows uses to make this work.